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stratocumulus

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stratocumulus: see cloud cloud, aggregation of minute particles of water or ice suspended in the air. Formation of Clouds


Clouds are formed when air containing water vapor is cooled below a critical temperature called the dew point and the resulting moisture condenses into
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stratocumulus
Meteorol a uniform stretch of cloud containing dark grey globular masses
stratocumulus [¦strad·ō′kyü·myə·ləs]
(meteorology)
A principal cloud type predominantly stratiform, in the form of a gray or whitish layer of patch, which nearly always has dark parts.
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